Biography
Christopher Tellefsen is an American film editor. He attended New York's Cooper Union, where he studied photography and fine arts and developed an interest in experimental film-making. After graduation he worked as an assistant and apprentice to editors including Ralph Rosenbloom and Thelma Schoonmaker before making his debut as an editor on Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990).
Tellefsen has edited a range of independent and studio films. His credits include Kids (1995), Gummo (1997), Capote (2005), Moneyball (2011), A Quiet Place (2018) and The Menu (2022). He received an Academy Award nomination for his editing of Moneyball. He has also served as curator of Martin Scorsese's film archive.
